Colombian immigration authorities said Wednesday that they had arrested an Ecuadoran drug trafficker linked to the 2023 murder of a popular candidate just before Ecuador's presidential election.
Angel Aguilar is suspected of ordering the killing of Fernando Villavicencio, a former journalist turned anti-graft campaigner who was well placed in opinion polls ahead of the vote.Â
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